Jessie Jane Returns to the NAG for a 'Romp Through Hilarity'

Tickets are $10 each and are available online or at the offices of the Northfield Arts Guild, 304 S. Division St.

Editor's note: Be sure to stick with Patch leading up to and through DJJD, which is Sept. 5-9. We'll have previews and loads of coverage during the big event. Be sure to bookmark our DJJD 2012 page to follow all the action. The Northfield Arts Guild's sixth annual light-hearted, locally written musical about the fictional Jessie Jane's takes to the stage at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday and at 2 p.m. Saturday for Defeat of Jesse James Days. Tickets are $10 each and are available online or at the offices of the Northfield Arts Guild, 304 S. Division St. The production will be held at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater. Playwright Brendon Etter shared the following with Patch about this year's "romp through hilarity." "Jessie Jane's Jamboree VI: …

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The Northfield Arts Guild's fifth annual light-hearted, locally written musical about the fictional saloon of Jessie Jane takes to the stage at 7:30 p.m., Thursday-Saturday and at 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10 each and are available online or at the offices of the Northfield Arts Guild, 304 S. Division St., Northfield. The production will be held at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater.

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Northfielders say barefoot beats high-tech running shoes.

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